Japan and United States seek common cause in war effort
Viscount Ishii addressed the Senate with a message of goodwill, saying Japan joined the war to secure a just victory and an honorable peace. He stressed America and Japan share aims, will work together, and move toward victory to ensure world safety. He noted critics and press reports may mislead, but Japan remains committed to joint effort.
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Washington
Japan
Viscount Ishii
Senate
Saulsbury
Marshall
Germany
America
Plumbers Strike for 75 Cents an Hour in Chillicothe
About 575 plumbers at the Chillicothe cantonment for the new national army walked out demanding 75 cents an hour instead of 2 1/2 cents. War Department in Washington ordered that strikers not be employed at other cantonments. An organizer from Cincinnati advised against striking for higher pay. The plumbers are among the lowest paid workers on the site.
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Associated Prena
The
Chillicothe
National Army
War Department
Washington
Cincinnati
Cost In Ohio of Mining Coal Is To Be Checked
The federal government will send accountants to Ohio to audit coal mining costs. Federal Trade Commission accountants arrive next Tuesday, aided by state experts, to compile data for President Wilson to use in fixing Ohio mine coal costs.
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Ohio
Associated Preas
Columbus
Gov. Cox
Federal Trade Commission
Fred ©. Croxton
Ohio Defense Council
Washington
Wilson
Deserters From Germany Fail Return Amnesty Period
Deserters who fled to Holland and other neutral lands faced clemency if returning within the grace period. Those who returned after the deadline risked losing German citizenship and facing penalties, with little evidence of many obeying the amnesty. Border reports note ongoing influx of deserters heading back toward German lines, while sentries guard the frontier.
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Rotterdam
Netherlands
Holland
Holand
Pole Council Resigns Amid Russian Revolution Shock
Copenhagen dispatch says the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger reports the entire Polish council of state resigned. The decision followed shifts in Polish sentiment due to the Russian revolution and Austro-Hungarian German hesitancy to entrust Polish authorities with conflicts over army matters. The German plan seeks to proclaim a new king and include Vilna in the protectorate, with Lithuania also under joint German influence.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
William
Vilna
Russ City Fire Triggers Martial Law In Force
A large fire in Kagan near the Moskva River injures about 30 residents as flames spread quickly through the city. Martial law has been proclaimed to control the disaster and aid the response.
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Russ City
Joy
Probe To Blow Up Grain Elevator Near Cambridge
Investigators from the state fire marshal office searched Guernsey county for motives behind an alleged attempt to blow up a large drain storehouse owned by F. H. Nicholson near Cambridge. An internal machine with an alarm clock was found in the grain house last Friday before it exploded. Authorities have not released findings and have not ruled out a German plot, personal enmity, or Nicholson’s statewide anti alcohol activities as possible motives.
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Columbus
Guernsey County
F. H. Nicholson
Cambridge
Fleming
Nicholson
Thousands of Serbian Maidens Placed in Ottoman Harem
Reports from M. Pesitch in London describe mass abductions of Serbian girls from ten to fourteen, with about ten thousand taken to Constantinople and two hundred to Bulgaria and Asia Minor. Bulgrarian control accelerates the trafficking as villages lose many young females.
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Serbia
Constantinople
Bulgaria
Atia Minor
M. Pesltch
London
Asia Minor
Turkey
Seven Tomato Pickers Killed At Crossing
Seven tomato pickers were killed and two injured when a wagon carrying workers was struck by a train at a railroad crossing in Pennsylvania. The accident occurred as the men were riding to work.
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Aberdoen
Mid
Themen
McLean Will Suit Ends with Executor Appointment
The McLean will case concludes as Howard J. McLean, the late George McLean’s son, is named an executor after local courts deny claims of mental incompetence and undue influence. Trusts and restrictions in the will remain as drawn.
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Dating Mc Oan
Washington
Cincinnati
Howard J. McLean
McLean
Fronts Quiet as French Lose Four Ships This Week
The Paris official report notes Franco Helwan front remains in temporary deadlock with artillery battles and focal infantry actions. Two German attacks in Champagne were repulsed while Verdun and the Aisne front saw continuing shelling and raids. British vessel sinkings rose last week, and Austrian counterattacks were repulsed as Italians held positions and captured prisoners.
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JFL
Lene
Franco Helwan
Verdan
Paris
Champagne
Verdun
Alenn
Chevreux
London
Government housing plan eyed for four year build goal
London reports the joint committee on labor problems after the wartime session calls for an immediate decision on housing policy. It states that about 1,000,000 houses should be completed within four years from the declaration of peace as a major objective.
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London
Joint
Committee On Labor Problems
Senate Debating War Profits Tax Debate Continues
Senators clashed over war profits taxation as the War Tax bill moved toward final passage Pending closure motions and publicity around a 20 to 75 percent levy based on capitalization. Underwood supported Hank Wead's 75 percent proposal amid strong calls to limit debate and speed approval.
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Aeneeda
Prome
Trunnney Washington
Senate
Maniey
Underwood
Hank Wead
Manny
Railroads under scrutiny for sidetracking perishables in Ohio
Special agents of the public utilities commission opened an inquiry into reports that Ohio railroads amid heavy traffic are cutting out cars of perishable foods and sidetracking them. Complaints target the Pennsylvania line with cars of potatoes left to decay between Alliance and Crestline as inspectors under Chief James Dugan investigate at the request of Ohio war board officials.
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Asaeylaien Press
Columbus
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio
Pennsyloinia
Alliance
Crestline
James Dugan
Ohio War Board
Auto goods manufacturers indicted in Sherman Trust case
Sixteen automobile accessory makers and William M Webster of the National Association of Automobile Accessory Robbers were indicted today by a federal grand jury under the Sherman Act for conspiracy to restrain trade, with about a dozen other individuals also charged.
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New York
William M. Webster
National Association of Attermabily
Schooner Laura C. Anderson Sunk by Submarine
The American schooner Laura C. Anderson was sunk by bombs from a submarine on Thursday. All crew members were rescued and landed at an English fort. Earlier records misstate the vessel as Latta C. Anderson. report confirms it as Laura C. Anderson.
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London
Laura C. Anderson
Two Russian Rats Desert During Battle on Front
Two Russian regiments in the Fokshan region on the Romanian front deserted trenches yesterday. The war office says dispersal followed and measures were taken to restore positions in the ongoing battle.
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Petrograd
Fokshan
War Office
Germany waits for allies on note as talks begin
A German cabinet committee appointed by Chancellor Michaelis opened a two and a half hour session to consider a reply to the papal note. The session adjourned as discussions continued and results from Vienna Constanti nope and Soft were awaited in the note.
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Enmaisesini
Benedict
Merlin
Michaelis
Vienna
Constantinope
Italy Lowers Army Standards
A decree effective this month lowers military height requirements from five feet two inches to four feet four inches. It covers men born between 1876 and 1888 who had previously been exempt due to short stature.
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Rome
Drafted men notified of correct addresses in chaos
The wire department asks that drafted men living here locate their division and notify their families of the correct address. In recent days there has been much confusion with many wrong addresses causing delays and concerns for the men awaiting assignment.
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Prout
Chilticathe
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Latta C. Anderson
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